Gulf states issued 13 demands to Qatar and set a deadline of 10 days to comply

LONDON — Gulf states have issued Qatar with 13 demands that must
be met to lift their blockade of the country, including the
disbanding of news channel Al Jazeera.

Qatar has been given just 10 days to comply or the offer becomes
void.

Qatar has previously said it won't negotiate until the blockade,
enacted by neighbouring countries including Saudi Arabia and
Bahrain, is lifted.

On Thursday, a US state department spokeswoman said that
the demands have to be "reasonable and actionable.”

The crisis hit Qatar on June 5 when Saudi Arabia, the
United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt cut diplomatic and trade
ties and accused it of supporting terrorist groups such as the
Islamic State and Al-Qaeda. Qatar has denied the
allegations.

Here is the full list of demands:

Qatar must reduce diplomatic representation with
Iran.

Qatar must immoderately shut down the Turkish military
base that is being established, and halt any military
co-operation with Turkey in Qatar.

Qatar must announce severance of ties with terrorist,
ideological and sectarian orgs, including the Muslim
Brotherhood, Islamic State, Al Qaeda and Hizbollah; and
designate them as terrorists.

Qatar must cease any funding activities to extremist and
terrorist individuals, entities and organisations.

Qatar must hand over all designated terrorists, wanted by
the four countries; freeze their assets; stop hosting others in
the future.

Qatari lenders receive a lot of funding from other Gulf
states, about 60 billion riyals ($16.5 billion) according to
a Reuters report, which could dry up if the crisis continues or
worsens.

Meanwhile the Qatari riyal hit 3.67 to the dollar, its
weakest level in 19 years. Qatar's central bank has pegged
the currency to 3.64 to the dollar so even small movements are
likely to produce new lows.